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Authorities in Iran are planning measures to deport some 2 million people without legal residency status by the end of March, the commander of the security forces, Ahmad-Resa Radan said in an interview on Tuesday. A debate about the large number of migrants from neighbouring Afghanistan, who have been fleeing their country since the Taliban takeover in 2021, has been raging in Iran for months. In a television interview on Monday, Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni stressed the plight of Afghans, saying they were “cultured people” but added that Iran “cannot take in so many migrants.” “W…

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